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TABLE OF CONTENTS TURKEY FACT SHEET 3 USING THIS RESOURCE GUIDE 4 GENERAL & INTRODUCTORY RESOURCES 4 HISTORY 6 CULTURE 9 LITERATURE 11 ARTS 13 LANGUAGE 16 CUISINE 16 EDUCATION 17 RELIGION 18 WOMEN 22 DIVERSITY 23 POLITICS 25 REGIONAL CONFLICTS 28 TURKEY & THE EUROPEAN UNION 29 MIDDLE EAST 31 LOCAL/NATION RESOURCES & ORGANIZATIONS 33 NEWS SOURCES 35 FILMS 36 BOOKS 36 STUDY UNIT: TURKEY & THE EUROPEAN UNION 38 TURKEY & THE EUROPEAN UNION – OVERVIEW 39 CROSSWORD 41 CROSSWORD KEY 42 EUROPE’S AMBIVALENCE TOWARD TURKEY 43 COMPREHENSION CHECK 46 PARAGRAPH EXERCISE 47 COMPREHENSION CHECK – ANSWER KEY 48 UNDERSTANDING THE OPTIONS: TURKEY’S VIEW OF EU CANDIDACY – ACTIVITY 49 UNDERSTANDING THE OPTIONS – EVALUATION FORM 50 CBA LESSON PACKET: THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT 51 2
TURKEY FACT SHEET Capital: Ankara Language: Turkish Currency: New Turkish Lira (YTL) Area: 314,500 square miles; slightly larger than Texas Independence: October 29, 1923 Total Population: 70.7 million Population Growth: 1.06% Religion: 99.8% Muslim; 1% Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Catholic and others; only country in the Muslim world with a constitutional provision on secularism. Ethnic Groups: 80% Turkish; 20% Kurdish Life Expectancy at Birth: 72.62 years Total Fertility Rate: 1.92 Children born/woman Literacy Rate: 86.50% Gross National Product (GNP): $299,475 billion U.S. dollars; 17 th biggest economy in the world GNP Growth Rate: 9.9% Labor Force by Occupation: agriculture 35.9%; industry 22.8%; services 41.2% Unemployment Rate: 9% Percentage of Defense Expenditures in GNP: 7.3% Percentage of Education Expenditures in GNP: 7.3% Number of Tourists Received: 17.4 million (2004) Population of Turkish Citizens Living Abroad: 5 million Industries: textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining, steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper Exports: Apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufacturers, transport equipment Imports: Machinery, chemicals, semi-finished goods, fuels, transport equipment Agriculture Products: tobacco, cotton, grain, olives, sugar beets, pulse, citrus, livestock Current Environmental Issues: water pollution from dumping of chemicals and detergents; air pollution, particularly in urban areas; deforestation; concern for oil spills from increasing ship traffic Sources: http://www.turkishembassy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=297&Itemid=313 https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tu.html. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4305656.stm?markResults=true&a_01=1&a_02=3&a_03=1&a_04=3&a_05=3&a_06=2&a_07=2 &a_08=2&a_09=3&a_10=3&a_11=1&a_12=1&x=40&y=15 3
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